MAYS BROTHER REFUSES TO ACCEPT AUTOPSY REVIEW PANEL FINDINGS

BANKRUPT MORALLY, FINANCIALLY AND ETHICALLY
IMMUNE TO THE TRUTH
CONTINUES HURTFUL QUEST

Special to the Readers of Milwaukeeworld

By Michael Horne

and the Milwaukee World Hound Dog Team

Dr. Everett Truman Mays, Jr., a.k.a. Truman Marquez, said Saturday he did not believe the findings of Deputy Medical Examiner Brian L. Peterson that his brother Dr. Bradley Mays died a natural death, as had been determined in the original autopsy. [http://www.jsonline.com/news/ozwash/34942499.html].

• "Truman Mays, however, said the report did nothing to ease his concerns that his brother was murdered. 'I can't believe that in 12 hours they came to some conclusion,' he said. 'I am even more concerned that it was her attorney that directed this toward Dr. Peterson. That's alarming to me.'"

This refusal to accept as true the legitimate, peer-reviewed official findings of members of his own profession, and his insistence in continuing to meddle in the affairs of his widowed sister-in-law, Carrie Mays, proves his moral bankruptcy. Any reasonable person would find it disturbing that Mays-Marquez continues his battle. Let us hope that all others who have taken up his cause drop this matter -- and him -- immediately and for good.

It is time to step back and realize that Mays-Marquez is a self-aggrandizing schemer whose nonsensical tale found a receptive hearing from such parties as The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and radio talker Mark Belling.

HE SLASHES OWN PAINTING AT NYC GALLERY SHOW

Can't these folks spot a kook and a fraud? An attention-seeking, vain con man on the make?
Let's watch the You Tube post of Mays in his guise as Truman Marquez, at the opening of his show "Dada Revisited" at a gallery in the Theater District of Manhattan.
If you watch from 2:11 to 2:16, you will see the artist repeatedly slashing one of his own canvases with a razor, removing sections of his work with surgical precision, and inviting gallery-goers to try their hand at the same.
The art theory behind this stunt, as you might infer from the title of the show, is to "Deconstruct" his painting. This might have been an intriguing concept ninety years ago when it was first introduced, and then rapidly abandoned as being trite. Call it "Grand-dada." What pretentious, attention-grabbing nonsense.
Anyway, "Deconstruct" is just lingo to put a positive spin on "Destroy," which is what this man is trying to do to his sister-in-law.
BANKRUPT FINANCIALLY AS WELL

Records filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas (Austin) Petition#2304-11694-frmPDF show that "Everett Truman Mays, Jr., a.k.a. Truman Mays, a.k.a. Truman Marquez, dba Marquez Studios, fdba Lasique, fdba Laser Vein and Hair Removal" is bankrupt. An 11-page schedule of creditors lists dozens of them, ranging from credit card companies to the IRS -- and even his wife. The claims amount to $305,000 secured and $600,000 unsecured -- three times available assets.
Travis County filed a lien with the court for $115,000 unpaid taxes on his home and $63,780 on his business property; the IRS wants $74,000 past due taxes. There are also numerous lawsuits against Mays and his failed businesses.
With his wife, the family breadwinner Dr. Nancy G. Marquez, he claimed gross monthly income of $16,000 and monthly expenses of $15,798.
But he couldn't make it on his own, it's clear: Everett Mays had 2003 gross income of only $1,000 with gross sales of his paintings amounting to $328. I guess for Mays-Marquez the art business is all about the glory, leaving him short of the money.

These facts reveal a possible financial motive for the groundless accusations against his sister-in-law wouldn't you say? Maybe for the right price they could all go away? [It's happened before. See item below.--Ed.]

ATTEMPTS TO STEAL A BUSINESS NAME FOR HIS OWN PROFIT. ASKS $13K

While he was plying his trade as a laser surgeon, advertised on the streets of Austin with a billboard featuring a naked women, Mays-Marquez stole internet domains from another doctor who had developed a procedure that Mays-Marquez hoped to claim as his own.

According to the National Arbitration Forum binding arbitration for "Claim FA0010000095848, Philip Ronald Loria M.D. v Everett Mays", complainant Loria invented a procedure and coined the name "Laser Mini Peel" in August 1999. He obtained a trademark in Louisiana and registered for a US Trademark.
A technician who serviced equipment for both parties told Mays about the success the Louisiana doctor was having with the procedure. Mays then registered 60 domain names such as laserminipeel.com and laserminipeel.org, the majority of them on the day Dr. Loria called to find out why his tradenames were being appropriated by his competitor.


Dr. Loria approached Mark Diehl, office manager for Mays, and gave this account to the panel:

• "On October 9, 2000, Complainant called Respondent’s office and spoke with Mark Diehl. Mr. Diehl told Complainant that everything Respondent had was for sale. Complainant advised Mr. Diehl that Complainant was 'not interested in the exorbitant prices Mr. Diehl was mentioning' and that the name "Laser Mini Peel" was rightfully complainant’s by virtue of his prior usage and trademark Complainant had held for a year."

Diehl denied that statement, saying he had only mentioned that a neighboring coffee house had sold its domain name for $13,000.
The board found Mays had "no rights or legitimate claim" to the domain names, and acted in "bad faith." The names were restored to Dr. Loria by the panel.

This is yet another disturbing, and readily discoverable flaw in the character of the fellow who has caused so much mischief among our press and government, and so much pain to Carrie Mays and her children.

Let's hope this issue ends now, and that no further attention is paid to these wild and hurtful claims. Belling and the Journal Sentinel got hoodwinked by this character.

Update Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

CONLEY PAPERS RUNS BELLING RETRACTION IN ALL PRINT AND INTERNET EDITIONS

Conley Publishing Group, the West Bend media company that publishes the Waukesha Freeman, the West Bend Daily News and the GM Today website has run a prominent retraction of the false claims made in Mark Belling's columns of November 12th and November 19th.

• "We apologize for the errors and any suggestion that, by questioning the autopsy findings along with some members of Dr. Mays' family, Belling had accused Carrie Mays by inference with commission of a crime or a cover up or any inappropriate conduct," the Retraction read.

The Retraction, measuring 2-3/4" by 4-3/4" in the print editions, was prominently set off by a bold border and a prominent headline reading, simply, "RETRACTION."

It appeared in the papers on Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 at the top of the Opinion page of each of the publications. "Of course, Mr. Belling's columns had been published on the Opinion page," wrote David R. Olson, [U Minnesota '63] General Counsel for Conley Publishing Group. This prominent placement follows established policy for dealing with corrections made in opinions and editorials. The principle is that a correction should appear on the same page as an editorial or recurring column where the error first appeared so that it will likely receive the greatest attention.

The electronic correction is similarly elaborate, and was engineered to remain connected to the columns containing Belling's falsehoods whenever accessed from or linked to the archive."That is," Olson wrote, "by clicking on the November 12 column in the Archives, you not only see the November 12 column but you will also see the retraction. That column, and the November 19 column, appear on the Web site after the retraction. Finally, once the November 19 column appears in the Archives, it will also be linked to the retraction so that both columns will be linked to the same retraction."

This also follows the best practices of the industry and helps to ensure that the article does not have a life in cyberspace unaccompanied by the publisher's retraction of its errors and falsehoods.
--Michael Horne

[Below please find a pdf document including facsimiles of the print and electronic editions of the retractions of the inaccuracies in repeated columns by Mark Belling. --Ed.]

081125.Conley retractions.pdf